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Category Archives: Movie Poster Collectors/Dealers
Star Wars Strikes Again!
Profiles in History had a big auction this past weekend — and the original concept art for the Star Wars movie poster (by Tom Jung) went for $73,800…But even that steep price was no match for a Chewbacca headpiece that sold for $172k!
The Movie Poster Thief
As if Hollywood and the MPAA didn’t already have their hands full chasing video pirates, they just nabbed a Southern California man who was ripping off bus shelter posters — and his haul was no cheap fare: nearly 3,000 posters estimated to be worth over $450,000 (although I’m sure that number is inflated).
Scary Heritage Sale!
Movie posters are part of our heritage — and nobody displays that better than Heritage’s Dallas Vintage Movie Poster Auction this weekend March 23-24. No doubt there will be some fierce bidding wars over this year’s scary wares!
The Wonderful World of Walt Disney…
Yesterday, the MOPO had a sighting of this Goofy spoofy one-sheet for a Walt Disney biopic starring Ryan Gosling. (Posteropolis)
Meansheets Poster Sale!
It’s that time of year again — the Meansheets Poster Shop is now open for business on Etsy!
I-Spy Photoshop
Heard of facial recognition software? French graphic designer, Sébastien Ocana, has an insightful blog called Endupliquant that detects various Photoshop manipulations on movie posters…
AFM Poster Bash!
The Hollywood Reporter has The 20 Most Outrageous Posters that were shown at last week’s AFM (American Film Market) convention where film distributors from all over the globe gather to showcase their sometimes schlocky B-movie wares.
The Art of Copy
We all know the movie stars, producers, and directors whose names appear on the movie poster credits of our favorite films — but what about those unsung creators who come up with the taglines on these posters? Meet one who was recently written up in The New York Times…
Movie Poster Museum 